• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 14, Issue 6, 061602 (2016)
Zejian Yang1, Fuhua Gao1、2、*, Yidong Hou1、2、3, Dejiao Hu1, Lin Pang1、2, and Xuannan Wu1
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
  • 2Key Laboratory for High Energy Density Physics and Technology, Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
  • 3e-mail: jian-hun.123@163.com
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    Zejian Yang, Fuhua Gao, Yidong Hou, Dejiao Hu, Lin Pang, Xuannan Wu. Tailoring enhanced chiroptical effect with Fabry–Perot cavity-coupled sandwich chiral metamaterials[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14(6): 061602 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Cavity-coupled plasmonic structure is demonstrated to be a simple and effective tool to manipulatelight, enhance the biosensing figure of merit, and control the polarization state. In this Letter, we demonstrate the tunability of the chiroptical effect of cavity-coupled chiral structure, i.e., sandwich chiral metamaterials (SCMs), in whichradiation coupling dominates the interaction between particles. Two types of SCMs whose building blocks are 3D chiral and 2D chiral, respectively, are numerically studied. Distinct responses are observed in these two materials. The chiroptical effect can be effectively manipulated and enhanced in the 2D case, while the SCMs consisting of 3D chiral layers keep the chiroptical effecta constant. A theoretical analysis based on matrix optics is developed to explain the corresponding phenomena, which gives a reasonable agreement with numerical simulations.
    t^=[t++t+t+t--]andr^=[r++r+r+r--].(1)

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    CD=T+TT++TandOA=arg(t++)arg(t),T+=T+++T+andT=T+T+.(2)

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    tan(2α)=2|txx||tyx|cosφdiff|txx|2|tyx|2,(3)

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    t^SCMf=t^2f×t^1f×eikd+t^2f×r^2b×r^1f×t^1f×e3ikd,(4)

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    t^f=[t++00t--]andr^f=[0r+r+0].(5)

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    r^f=r^b=[0r0r00].(6)

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    tSCM,++=t++2×eikd×(1+r02e2ikd),tSCM,=t2×eikd×(1+r02e2ikd),tSCM,+=tSCM,+=0,CD=|t++|4|t|4|t++|4+|t|4,OA=2×(φt,++φt,).(7)

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    Zejian Yang, Fuhua Gao, Yidong Hou, Dejiao Hu, Lin Pang, Xuannan Wu. Tailoring enhanced chiroptical effect with Fabry–Perot cavity-coupled sandwich chiral metamaterials[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14(6): 061602
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